Boulder County Commissioners approved a purchase agreement of a 40,000 square-foot building on S. Public Road for $12.8 million to create a new space for county-managed human services and state-mandated programs in the southeast region of Boulder County, county officials announced Tuesday.

According to a county news release, the new co-location of services will be similar to the county’s St. Vrain Community Hub in Longmont and will house programs such as motor vehicle and elections services.

“We are excited to provide more services directly to southeast Boulder County residents with a new building in Lafayette,” Boulder County Commissioner Matt Jones said in a statement. “This location helps provide services for our southeast residents closer to where they live — like we do for residents in Longmont and Boulder. Plus, we jumped at this purchase opportunity when we examined the added benefit of being near our partner human services providers like Clinica, Mental Health Partners, and Imagine.”

Following Lafayette’s approval of the purchase agreement, the county anticipates closing on the sale in 120 days.

County officials said interior construction will need to occur prior to the facility opening, which could occur in 2021.

The new building will replace space the county leases space off Miner’s Drive in Lafayette, which houses the clerk and recorder functions, as well as office hours for the assessor’s and treasurer’s office. Additional services will be housed in the building.

The Boulder County Facilities master plan, adopted by the commissioners in May 2018, called for the creation of a southeast hub for county services in the future because of population growth in that part of the county, according to county officials.